John 12:5
“Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 John 12:5 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
“Why was not this perfume sold for a year's wages, and the money given to poor people?”
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Warum ist diese Salbe nicht für dreihundert Denare verkauft und den Armen gegeben worden?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
¿Por qué no se ha vendido este ungüento por trescientos dineros, y se dió á los pobres?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Por que se não vendeu este óleo perfumado por trezentos dinheiros, e se deu aos pobres?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
"Por que este perfume não foi vendido por trezentos denários, e dado aos pobres?".
📖 John 12:5 in Context
3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
4Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
5Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor?
6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
7Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
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